VILLAGE PLANS - Offaly County Council

OFFALY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2009 - 2015
Volume 2 - Settlement Plans
residential, or other developments, in accordance with
the policies contained in the County Development Plan
2009-2015, Chapter 4, Settlement Strategy.
5.4 Trees and Boundaries
New development should ensure the protection of
mature trees, hedgerows and the conservation of
existing stone walls, and their integration into new
development. Where the provision of new boundaries
are required, these should comprise native hedgerow
planting, or stone walls which consist of stone found in
the locality. Where comprehensive new development
occurs, it should take into account the pattern of
existing hedgerows and incorporate same into layouts
or plant connecting hedgerows where hedgerow
removal to facilitate development works is necessary.
The Council will require that all new development
should bring tighter urban grain to the “core area” and
maintain a looser more rural nature in the back lands.
This should be done by good design in the former and
by sensitive landscaping of the latter. In the event that
the removal of tree(s) is deemed to be necessary, it will
be conditional on replacement with appropriate
species.
5.5 Local issues
a) The incremental provision of footpaths on both
sides of roads, through requirements for works as
part of planning permissions granted, or by way
of development contributions / special
development contributions is envisaged, to
improve the amenities of the area.
b) Adequate lighting to be provided along all routes
within the village boundary, over time.
c) Progressively underground overhead cables. In
the case of new development, ducting will be
required under new / upgraded roads and
footpaths.
d) Access points to be provided where necessary, in
the village.
In the case of ‘residential’ zoning, no maximum or
minimum densities are specified in this plan. However,
this zoning will accommodate the more mainstream
types of development and particular regard will be had
to standards contained in the County Development
Plan 2009-2015, Chapter 19, Built Form and the
Residential Density Guidelines, (Department of the
Environment, Sept 1999), or any reviews of the above.
5.7 Map Annotation – Guidance &
Requirements for Development
Note
Red Arrows
These indicate the preferred locations for access points
to be taken into the backland areas so that they may be
developed in a coherent and properly planned manner.
Use of some or all of these points should, over time,
create an internal road network, which will bring depth
and permeability to the built environment.
These indicative access points shown by the arrows are
seen as the optimum points where the new network will
connect with the existing. Space should be reserved at
points indicated for possible future roundabouts/
junction improvements.
5.6 Zoning
Lands within the village boundary are formally zoned
under this plan. The zoning objectives are those
contained within the County Development Plan
2009 – 2015.
February 2009 | Cloneygowan Village Plan | page 83